Seat.



Patented Aug. 6, I90L 0. RUDOLF. SEAT (Application filed Mm" 20, 1901.)

(No Model.)

mi awe? THE NOR IS FEYERS PHOTO LIT-HO WASHING N D C UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES RUDOLF, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,915, dated August6, 1901.

Application filed March 20, 1901. Serial No. 51,998. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES RUDOLF, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chi cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Seats, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to seats or cushions. Its object is to provide asimple seat capable of rendering comfortable objects or means adaptedfor sitting, especially the means for sitting provided for spectators ofathletic games and other exhibitions in places of amusement andexposition, which means c0n= sist in great measure of plain boardserected into stands; and popularly termed bleachers, and its furtherobject is to provide a comfortable seat capable of being contracted intoa compact and comparatively smallbulk which can easily be carried fromplace to place Without causing embarrassment or inconvenience to thebearer, at the same time retaining its ability for giving comfort as aseat at any desired instant.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this application, and in which similar letters refer tosimilar'parts.

Figure l is a plan view of seat when ready for use. on the line 3 4, andFig. 3 is asectional view of Fig. 1 on the line 1 2. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the seat compactly folded when not in use.

A and A represent two cushions or semicushions adapted to affordsupport, respectively, to the right and left buttocks of a person. Saidcushions or semicushions may be constructed of any form and of anymaterial of which cushions are ordinarily made or of woven wire, elasticmetals, or of collapsible sacks capable of beinginflated by compressedair or gas.

B and B represent bases ofthe cushions or semicushions A and A,respectively, and are firmly attached thereto and are preferably made ofa stifi material, such as cardboard, sheet metal, 850.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of Fig. 1

0 represents flexible means connecting the adjacent edges of thecushions or semicush ions A and A and attached thereto, the materialrepresented in the drawings being of textile fabric or rubber; buthinges of metal or other material may be used for this purpose, itsobject being to allow of folding the cushions or semicushions A A one onthe other into contiguous position and in such manner as to make anobject of compact form, as shown in Fig. 4. It is my intention to alsoconstruct the connecting means 0 so as to allow of disconnecting thecushions or semi cushions A A from one another in order that they may becarried separately.

D and E represent the parts of a clasp or means firmly attached,respectively, to the non=adjacent edges of the cushions or semicushionsA A, the object of which is to hold said cushions or semicushions incompact contiguous position, as shown in Fig. 4, and the parts of whichmay be made of any form or of any material adapted for the purposespecified.

I do not confine myself to form, shape, or

size shown in the drawings, as it is obvious that these properties canbe varied infinitely.

Connected with the use of my invention as a seat I intend it to servealso for advertising purposes.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,is-- A seat consisting of two cushions for the support respectively ofthe right andleft buttocks of a person, each of said cushions providedwith a base, flexible means connecting said cushions, whereby saidcushions are brought into contiguous position, and clasping meanswhereby said cushions are held in compact contiguous position,substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES RUDOLF.

Witnesses:

HARRY ISAAGSON, S. W. HAREMSKI.

